BR Class 08 - Freightliner Green - 08585 'Vicky'

BR Class 08 - Freightliner Green - 08585 'Vicky'English Electrics 1934 diesel electric shunter No. 7079 for the LMS proved highly successful and led to further orders across all the Big Four railways. Its lineage fed directly into British Railways push, after 1948 nationalisation, to create a standardised large shunting locomotive. Drawing heavily on the LMS 350 hp design but incorporating improvements and flexibility for different engines and electrical equipment, the resulting BR standard 0 6 0

Motherwell’s 37403 was catapulted to celebrity status in February 1994 after being backdated to its original British Railways green livery

Repainted in the controversial general grey paint scheme in May 1990

In contrast to the more common plain black livery

Vacuum brake fitted and running on grease axle boxes

HYA 371067

Charges the controller directly via built-in contacts – no need to plug in cables

22450 B MSO

English Electric Type 3 (Class 37) - 97301

Etched Steel factory fitted detailing

and roof vents

Customisable Power Management

Luckily it was bought by scrap merchant Dai Woodham and spent a number of years languishing before being moved to the Dean Forest Railway and returned to steam in 1984